Byzantine Empire Revival

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During which time period did the Byzantine Empire exist?

Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?

Constantinople

What event led to the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

The invasion of the Huns

What was the dominant language in the Byzantine Empire?

<p>Greek</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term did the citizens of the Byzantine Empire use to refer to themselves?

<p>Romans</p> Signup and view all the answers

What caused the divergence between the Greek East and Latin West of the Roman Empire?

<p>The rise of Christianity</p> Signup and view all the answers

What empire conquered Constantinople and led to the fall of the Byzantine Empire?

<p>The Ottoman Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

During which reign did the Byzantine Empire reach its greatest extent?

<p>Justinian I</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire conquered the Byzantine Empire's capital, Constantinople, in 1453?

<p>The Ottoman Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which dynasty saw the Byzantine Empire experience the Macedonian Renaissance?

<p>Macedonian dynasty</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire exhausted the Byzantine Empire's resources during the Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628?

<p>The Sasanian Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire conquered the Byzantine Empire's richest provinces, Egypt and Syria, during the early Muslim conquests of the 7th century?

<p>The Rashidun Caliphate</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire sacked Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204?

<p>The Latin Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire progressively annexed the remaining territories of the Byzantine Empire over the 14th and 15th centuries?

<p>The Ottoman Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who first used the term 'Byzantine' to refer to the empire?

<p>Laonikos Chalkokondyles</p> Signup and view all the answers

What book greatly advanced the use of the term 'Byzantine' in the English language?

<p>George Finlay's book</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term did the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire use to refer to themselves?

<p>Romaioi</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term did Charlemagne's Libri Carolini use to designate the Byzantine Empire?

<p>Empire of the Greeks</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the loss of non-Hellenic territories and increasing religious and cultural differences with Western Europe lead to?

<p>The Byzantine Empire being identified as the 'Empire of the Greeks'</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Islamic and Slavic worlds call the Byzantine Empire?

<p>Empire of the Romans</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term was increasingly used instead of 'Byzantine' after 1204 when the empire consisted purely of its Hellenic provinces?

<p>Hellenes</p> Signup and view all the answers

During the 4th century BC, the Roman Republic was a city-state in which region?

<p>Italy</p> Signup and view all the answers

What event marked the end of the Roman-Greek Wars?

<p>The Sack of Corinth</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire did Alexander the Great conquer during the 4th century BC?

<p>Achaemenid Empire</p> Signup and view all the answers

What were the successor kingdoms created after Alexander the Great's death called?

<p>Diadochi</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which empire intervened in the Pyrrhic War against Rome to protect the Greek city-states of southern Italy?

<p>Epirus Kingdom</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Rome gain when the king of Pergamon bequeathed his kingdom to Rome?

<p>Roman Asia province</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the name used by the Ottomans to refer to the former subjects of the Byzantine Empire?

<p>Millet-i Rûm</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

<p>Constantinople</p> Signup and view all the answers

What term is used to describe the process of incorporating the Hellenised eastern parts of the Mediterranean into the Roman Empire?

<p>Romanisation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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